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by Kevin Allen, USA TODAY Sports

by Kevin Allen, USA TODAY Sports

With less than a month to go before NHL training camps open, here are five pressing issues that are far from being resolved:

1. Bruins and others have salary cap issues: Even after losing Jarome Iginla, the Boston Bruins are still a prime Stanley Cup contender.

But they have some salary cap messiness to clean up before we know where they stand. According to capgeek.com, the Bruins are $809,000 over the cap and they have restricted free agents Torey Krug and Reilly Smith to sign.

Although the team will get let cap relief because Marc Savard ($4.027 million salary cap) will go on the long-term injury list, the Bruins will have to make some decisions. Keeping both Krug and Smith likely will cost more than $5 million in cap space. That means some veteran would have to be dealt to make it work.

The Blackhawks also have to work around a $2 million overage.

Neither team has to get it squared away before the start of the season.

2. Ryan Johansen still unsigned: The Columbus Blue Jackets and their No. 1 center are considered miles apart on a new contract.

The possibility that the restricted free agent will not come to training camp is real. But the possibility of another team offering him an offer sheet seems unlikely.

You can make the argument that you can hurt a division opponent's cap position by making it pay more than it wants to keep a player. But the deterrent is the team can come back and use the same strategy against your team.